What are Google Hangouts?

Google Hangouts is video conferencing on steroids and has been around for about three years. Corporate organisations have been spending tens of thousands of pounds for video conferencing, now Google is providing this to all of us for free! The major difference is th

We all know face-to-face meetings are the best way to communicate as we can see the other person’s body language. Online video meetings give us the ability to have instant communication anywhere in the world, without travelling. So Google Hangouts will have a major impact on how your business communicates with customers and suppliers in the future.

Here are some valuable benefits:

Ability to have more face-to-face contact with customers

Promotion of your business through shared videos

More personal relationships with your customers

“Hangouts on Air” are recorded and saved to YouTube as a video

Any videos can be set to private, to provide an audit trail of agreements and discussions

A major reduction in travel costs

More efficient use of time for business owners, managers and sales staff